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{{Monster Infobox
{{Monster Infobox
|title=Puppeteer
|title=Puppeteer
|image=[[Image:DQVIII Puppeteer.png|230px|center]]
|image=[[Image:DQVIII Puppeteer.png|275px|center]]
|caption=Art by [[Akira Toriyama]]
|caption=Art by [[Akira Toriyama]]
|kanji= パペットこぞう
|kanji=パペットこぞう
|romanji= Papettokozō
|romanji={{tt|Papettokozō|Puppet lad/apprentice}}
|firstappear=''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''
|firstappear=''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''
}}
}}


The '''Puppeteer''' is a recurring monster in the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' series. Introduced in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'', it is a humanoid monster armed with hand puppets.
The '''puppeteer''' is a recurring monster in the {{DQSeries}}. Introduced in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'', it is a [[Humanoid family|humanoid]] monster armed with hand puppets.


==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==
Puppeteers appear to wear outfits that completely cover their forms with only their blank eyes being visible through the eye-holes in their masks. This concealing garb is mostly a black color with some blue and green, possibly to focus attention towards the more colorful puppets used by the puppeteer<!--I'm almost positive there's a term used to describe this type of outfit, which would probably make a real puppeteer dissolve into the background of the stage they were performing on, but I couldn't find such a term-->, namely a [[lump mage]] on their right arms and a [[slime]] on their left.
Puppeteers wear outfits that completely cover their forms with only their blank eyes being visible through the eye-holes in their masks, much like those worn by stagehands in traditional Japanese theater known as ''[[Wikipedia:Kuroko|kuroko]]''. This concealing garb is mostly a black color with some blue and green, likely to focus attention towards the more colorful puppets used by the puppeteer, namely a [[lump mage]] on their right arms and a [[slime]] on their left. It also carries a puppet of a [[dracky]] and a [[golem]] that it uses when telling different stories. The puppeteer can also envelop its enemies in illusions and uses its slime puppet to perform punches.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
===''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''===
==={{DQ8}}===
{{DQ8Enemy
{{DQ8Enemy
|name=
|name=Puppeteer
|kanji=  
|kanji=パペットこぞう
|romanji=
|romanji=Papettokozō
|sprite=[[Image:DQVIII PS2 Puppeteer.png]]
|sprite=[[File:HQDQ8-41.gif|300px]]
|hp=75
|hp=75
|mp=12
|mp=12
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|defense=38
|defense=38
|agility=38
|agility=38
|bestiaryNumber=41
|bestiaryNumber=#041
|family=[[Humanoid family|Humanoid]]
|family=[[Humanoid family|Humanoid]]
|description=A unique monster that delights in telling its opponents stories using hand-puppets.
|description=A unique monster that delights in telling its opponents stories using hand-puppets.
|spells=
|spells=[[Dazzle]]
|skills=
|skills=Punches with his slime puppet<br>Performs a Funny Story (attempts to stun entire party for one turn)<br>Performs an Exciting Tale (increases entire party's [[Tension]] by one stage)<br>Performs a Lame Story (reduces entire party's [[Tension]] level to 0)
|locations=[[Kingdom of Ascantha]]
|locations=[[Kingdom of Ascantha]] (day only)
|items=[[Silk robe]]{{fraction|1|32}}<br>[[Slime earrings]]{{fraction|1|64}}
|items=[[Silk robe]]{{fraction|1|32}}<br>[[Slime earrings]]{{fraction|1|64}}
|evasion={{fraction|1|64}}
|evasion={{fraction|1|64}}
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|remake-changes=
|remake-changes=
}}
}}
===''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker]]''===
===''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker]]''===
{{DQMJmonster
{{DQMJmonster
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===''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional]]''===
===''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional]]''===
{{Section-Stub}}
{{Section-Stub}}
==Trivia==
The design of the puppeteer and the other puppet-carrying monsters is based on Japanese comedy duo Puppet Muppet (パペットマペット, ''Papetto mapetto''), who consist of a frog puppet (Kaeru-kun) and a cow puppet (Ushi-kun) who are manipulated by a puppeteer wearing an obscuring black costume known as Kuroko that they do not acknowledge. [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%9A%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%9A%E3%83%83%E3%83%88 Article on Japanese Wikipedia].
==Similar species==
*[[Puppet master]]
*[[Puppet player]]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
<center><gallery>
Image:Puppeteer DQMJ DS.png|Joker model
Puppeteer DQMJ DS.png|''Monsters: Joker'' model
DQMBRV Puppeteer.png|''Battle Road Victory'' cut-in
DQMBRV Puppeteer1.png
DQotS Puppeteer.jpg|{{Stars}} model
DQR Puppet Kozo.png|{{Rivals}} card
</gallery></center>
</gallery></center>
==Related Monsters==
*[[Puppet player]]
*[[Puppet master]]


[[Category:Dragon Quest VIII enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest VIII enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Pro enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key enemies]]
[[Category:Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road Victory enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest of the Stars enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Rivals enemies]]
 
[[fr:Marionettiste]]